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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
A very good argument for rights reverting to the author if the publisher does not want to publish. The author can then self publish. The author did make a choice if they sold the rights, but perhaps it should be contingent somewhat on actual publication.
Not quite understanding how piracy can help books become available that have never been published though? (referring to the quote in your post which I assume you are addressing).
Helen
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No, I wasn't talking about piracy making unpublished books available. I was digressing slightly.
For a lot of the authors I'm thinking of, at the time they sold the rights to their books, the possibility of digital editions didn't even exist. There should be some sort of amendment to the copyright law that reverts at least digital rights back to authors if the technology wasn't in widespread existence a the time of their contract.